Species Beroe cucumis Fabricius, 1780

Museums

Regional Maps

• Beroe cucumis Fabricius, O. 1780. Fauna Groenlandica. Systematice sistens, Animalia Groenlandiae occidentalis hactenus indagata, quad Nomen specificum, triviale, vernaculumque Synonyma Auctorum plurium, Descriptionem, Locum, Victum, Generationem, Mores, Usum, Capturamque singuli, pront detegendi Occasio fuit, maximaque Parte secundum proprias Observationes. Havniae & Lipsiae : Heineck & Faber 452 pp., 1 pl. [361].

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

And southern Australia; reported in Australia by Stiasny (1931: NSW) and Edgar (1997, 2000: southern Australia); cosmopolitan.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Ecological Descriptors

Ctenovore, pelagic, planktonic.

 

General References

Edgar, G.J. 1997. Australian Marine Life, the plants and animals of temperate waters. Kew, Victoria, Australia : Reed Books 544 pp. (reported southern Australia occurrence)

Edgar, G.J. 2000. Australian Marine Life: the plants and animals of temperate waters. Sydney : Reed New Holland Revised Edn, 544 pp. (reported southern Australia occurrence)

Stiasny, G. 1931. Über einige coelenterata von Australien. Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 14(1–2): 27-42, 1 text fig. (reported NSW occurrence)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
16-Dec-2015	CTENOPHORA Eschscholtz, 1829	15-Dec-2015	MODIFIED	Dr Lisa Gershwin
		12-Feb-2010	(import)